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ToWBL ROLLER. Patented Sept. 28, 1886.

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- WOMM UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

CALVIN G. UDELL, OF NORTH INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

TOWEL- ROLLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,770, datedSeptember 28, 1,886.

Application filed November 9, 1885. Serial No. 182,380. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CALVIN G., UDELL, a

resident of North Indianapolis,Marion county,

In the drawings, Figure l is a front view of the complete device readyfor use. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, drawn on a larger scale.Fig. 3 is a side View of the bracket as cast and before driven down uponthe wood of the frame, drawn upon a scale with Fig. 2. Fig. et is aperspective view showing the ear of the left-hand bracket, and showingthe loop for the insertion or the removal of the gudgeon of the rollerr.

In detail, o is the roller, made of wood,with gudgeons on its ends, inthe usual way, which revolve in bearings in the brackets on each side. tis the top, made of a thin piece of wood, and b are similar piecescomposing the back. By using two pieces for the back narrow strips ofstuff may be utilized. The bracket is made of malleable iron, and isprovided with short spurs s, for driving intothe wood, and

points p on the back. It is also provided with upward projections orhangers h, having eyes for receiving screws or nails, which hold up theframe against the wall. The left-hand bracket in Fig. l has also aprojecting loop or ear, which, when the roller` is raised-allows thegudgeon to be drawn through it and out from the frame when the towelneeds renewing, endless towels, of conrse,being used. The

bracket is made of the shape shown in Fig. 3,

and when the wooden strips composing theV top and back are inserted theiron-work is hammered down, forcing the spurs and points into the wood,holdingv the parts tightly to gether. No nails or screws whatever arenecessary.

I am aware that towel-rollers supported in frames and upon brackets arenot new, and do not broadly claim the same as my invention.

What I do claim, however, as my invention, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is the following: l,

1. The towel-roller r, journaled at each end in the metal brackets br,having openings to receive one or more boards, b, at the back and aboveto receive the top t, substantially as'described. o

2. The bracket br, made of malleable iron, providing bearings for thejournals of a removable towel roller, having the elliptical openingabove to receive the top t and openings in the rear to receive thestrips composing the back of the frame, and provided with spurs s, forsecuring the frame-strips in place when the spurs are driven in, allcombined substantially as described.

3. The device for hanging towels, composed of the roller o',- journaledin the malleableiron brackets In', the back strips, b, and the top t,forming the frame, resting in openings provided 'in such brackets, andsecured by driving-spu rs s, connected with the bracket,and the hangersh, integral with the top ofthe bracket, all combined substantially asdescribed.

In witnesswhereof I have hereto set my hand this 6th day of November,1885.

CALVIN G. UDELL.

IVitnesses:

C. P. JAcoBs, T. M. OARRIGER.

